Combined chair and bed



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COMBINED CHAIR AND BEE.`

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. ATES COMBINED 4CHAIR AND BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,488, dated .Tune 2e, A189e.

Application led May 13, 1896. Renewed December 22, 1897. SeriallTofGGBQS. (No model.)

To (all whom, zit may concern,.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD MURTAGH, of Ilewletts, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Chair and Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i

The object of my invention is to provide a chair of that class known as easy-chairs, which will be so constructed that the said chair may be quickly and conveniently converted into shape' for use asa bed, and, furthermore, to construct the combined article of furniture in an exceedingly durable, simple, and economic manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.`

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the article arranged for use as a chair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the chair, the cushions having been removed Vandalso one arm. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the article in position for use as a bed, and Fig. 4L is a perspective view of one of the arms of the chair. In carrying out the invention a base A is provided, which is preferably madetapering at the back, so that a secure foundation may be provided for the head portion of the bed and the bottom portion vof the chair.` The said base is hollow, being provided with a chamber 10, having a removable cover 11 at the top, the said chamber being used as a storage-place forbedding* such as pillows,sheeis, blankets, the.

Side boards 12 are formed at each upper side portion of the base, and uprights 13' are located at the front side portions of the base,

extending beyond the side boards 12.V Be-` tween the uprights 13 a board 14 is hinged to the front upper portion of the base, being board, being supported in this position by buttons 14, located on the back of the headboard and arranged to enterslots 15, made in the inner side faces of the uprights 13.

The back of the chair consists of twoside boards 16 of anydesired depth, preferably, however, of a depth corresponding 'to that of the side boards 12 ofthe base, the side boards of the'back being ordinarily connected by a back board 16, and slats 17 are located upon the front face of the back, being secured to longitudinal bars 17 n, placed alongside the inner faces of the sides 16, as yshown in Figs.`

2 and; but if inpractice it is found desirable a woven-wire mattress or its 'equivalent may be substituted for the slats. The top portions of the side pieces 16 of the back are connected by a board 18, which forms a canopy for the chair, lserving as a' footboard when the article is used as a bed. `Legs 19 4 have a pivotal or hinged connection with the back at its sides, being adapted to properly support-the back when the article'is used`as a bed, and when the article is employed as a chair these legs fold back of the slats 17.

The side pieces of the back are connected to the side boards of the base by means of a hinge 20, and the lower or inner edges of the back side boards are beveled or curved, so that when the back is dropped toa horizontal position parallel with the base the said curved lower portions of the back will engage with curved at their forward ends, and provided at these ends `with a rearwardly-"extending horizontal tongue 28, said arms being adapted to rest on the upper ends ofthe 'uprights 13, with the curved ends of the arms overlapping said uprights, and the tongues of,the""arms being made to enter openings 26 in the" upper IOO ^ portions of -the uprights 13, and pins 29, having suitable heads, are secured in the rear ends of the arms, the heads of the pins being made to enter the keyhole-slots in the plates 24. Through the medium of these arms 27 the back is held in a vertical position when the article is used as a chair, and when the article is to be used as a bed the arms 27 are removed and placed ordinarily in the base-chamber l0, so as to be always at hand.

Having thus described my invention, I

-claim as new kand desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an article of furniture, a base having front uprights and a back having a hinged connection with the base, in combination with detachable arms having rearwardly-extending tongues for entering openings in the uprights, and a slot-and-key connection' between the rea-r ends of the arms and the back, as and for the purpose specified.

2. An article of manufacture, comprising a base having an interior chamber, side boards, and uprights at the front portion of the side boards, and a back section the side boards of which eX'tend beyond the back board, the said back section being provided with an end board yat its outer extremity and folding legs at its rear portion, the lower or inner end of the back section having a hinged connection with the side boards of the base, keepers attached to the side boards of the back section, and arms having` projections at their rear ends to enter the said keepers, their forward endsbeing provided with tongues arranged to enter openings in the uprights, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In an article of furniture, the combination, with a chambered base, a board having a hinged connection with the front portion of the base and arranged to fold upwardly therefrom, side boards attached to the base, and uprights located at the forward ends of the side boards, of a back section comprising a back board, an upper end board and sidc boards, the latter having a hinged connection with the side boards of the base, folding legs attached to the back section, keepers secured to the forward edges of the back section, and arms having projections at their rear ends, removably entering the keepers of the back section, the said arms being also provided with tongues at their forward ends, arranged to enter openings inthe nprights, as and for the purpose specified.

4. An article of furniture,comprising abase having uprights rising therefrom, a hinged back, removable arms terminating in downward extensions at the front ends overlapping the front of the uprights, means for engaging the rear sides of said extensions with the front faces of the uprights and means forengaging the rear ends of the arms with the hinged back, substantiallyT as described.

BERNARD MURTAGII. Vitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNO. M. RITTER. 

